| AOSTA | Regional capital in north-west Italy (5) |
| TRIESTE | Regional capital in north-east Italy (pop about 200,000) (7) |
| BARCELONA | Regional capital in north-east Spain (pop 1.6 million), founded by the Romans in the first century BC (9) |
| LEON | Provincial capital in north-west Spain (pop about 450,000) with a 13th century Gothic cathedral (4) |
| GENOA | Capital of Liguria in north-west Italy (5) |
| MILAN | Regional capital in northern Italy (pop about 1.4 million), founded around 600 BC (5) |
| TURIN | Run it unpredictably as a north west Italy place (5) |
| NOVARA | City in north-east Piedmont in north-west Italy (6) |
| NATAL | A seaport and state capital in north-east Brazil (pop about 900,000), founded in 1599 (5) |
| LASPEZIA | Industrial port in north-west Italy (2,6) |
| MARENGO | Site of 1800 battle in north-west Italy (7) |
| GENOESE | Citizen of a seaport city in north-west Italy (7) |
| ASTI | Town in north west Italy famous for its sparkling wine (4) |
| CAPRI | An island off West Italy, in the Bay of Naples (5) |
| ROUEN | Regional capital and port (pop about 110,000) in northern France (5) |
| VAASA | Regional capital of Ostrobothnia in W Finland, formerly (1855-1917) called Nikolainkaupunki (5) |
| LHASA | Regional capital of China's Tibet |
| PERUGIA | Regional capital in Italy (pop 170,000), with a university founded in 1308 (7) |
| PALERMO | Regional capital in southern Italy (pop about 650,000), founded in 734 BC (7) |
| NAPOLI | Regional capital in southern Italy (pop about 3 million), founded in 470 BC (6) |
